Fred's fight will be on the convention floor, for leadership and party unity.
Fred has an important job to do still. He must keep the nomination far out of reach of Mike Huckabee. And he must bring the party together as the consensus conservative choice when no candidate comes up with enough delegates to win the nomination.
Keep on fighting Fred!
Fred needs to fight on all the way to the convention. He can succeed at the GOP convention where Ronald Reagan failed in 1976.
Fred’s fight will be on the convention floor, for leadership and party unity.
Fred has an important job to do still. He must keep the nomination far out of reach of Mike Huckabee. And he must bring the party together as the consensus conservative choice when no candidate comes up with enough delegates to win the nomination.
Keep on fighting Fred!
“Fred has an important job to do still. He must keep the nomination far out of reach of Mike Huckabee. And he must bring the party together as the consensus conservative choice when no candidate comes up with enough delegates to win the nomination.”
It’s going to be Huckster, McArrrrrgo, or FlipMittens.
Each sucks as much as the next.
The Fred rocket didn’t crash, it never ignited in the first place. I would have liked him to catch on but he didn’t. Self-denial about his failure won’t change the state of affairs.
Ron Paul has beaten Thompson in 3 out of 6 states so far and only has one delegate less than him.
And he doesn’t pretend to be a serious candidate to win.
Meanwhile Thompson was ‘all in’ in Iowa, needing ‘at least a strong third’ to gain momentum. He didn’t get it. Rational onlookers saw his campaign was in dire trouble then.
He was ‘all in’ in South Carolina. His entire campaign was predicated on a win in South Carolina to launch it. As time went on his supporters saw that that wasn’t an option and tried to pretend that second or even a ‘strong third’ would suffice. It wouldn’t have but he didn’t achieve any of those things anyway.
A brokered convention is still more unlikely than likely. If it happens it will involve deals between candidates with large numbers of delegates. It won’t involve everyone suddenly opting for someone who has already been rejected nationwide by the voters.
If Thompson can’t win South Carolina, where can he win?
Meanwhile, if he does choose to limp on, it’s off to Florida and another scrap with Ron Paul for fifth. I don’t think Thompson got in the race to fight with Ron Paul for fifth places. I wouldn’t be amazed if he carried on nominally competing until Super Tuesday, but I think it more likely he’ll call it a day now.
This person will NOT be in the tradition nor philosophy of Ronald Reagan, of small government domestically and steadfast opposition to appeasement abroad.
The true issue then is, in November do we "settle" and suddenly come up with a whole bag of rationalizations as to why to vote for a Republican (D) vs. a Democrat (D) in the General Election--even as conservatives, when we might have an Independent Conservative Candidacy third option at that time.
Worth pondering. I would start considering these options NOW. Consider it multi-tasking, i.e. working on your "Plan B" after Fred Thompson withdraws and throws his support to Senator McCain.
“Fred has an important job to do still. He must keep the nomination far out of reach of Mike Huckabee.”
We are facing a looming catastrophy. The catastrophy is John McCain.
Either Thompson had better pick up some momentum or he should get off the pot and withdraw from the race.
I’d rather have him in the White House than Hucakbee or Romney, but his campaign appears to be faltering. Its sole purpose appears at this point to draw votes from Huckabee or Romney. Either one of the latter, despite their many faults and flaws is infinitely preferable to John McCain.
GO FRED !
Stand firm for the people for USA for Freedom against MSM hijacking
Im not sure Fred can pull this threw....hope so but at least the slimey huckster is on his way out....now lets get rid of McCain and see what happens.
The way things are shaping up we might just see the first brokered convention in many years. Those delegates are allowed to cast their votes for anyone they see fit. It would be a longshot but not out of the question for Fred to get the nod at the convention. Aside from Hunter, Fred is the only conservative running. Did GW derail the conservative movement for the time being? It is entirely possible. We’ll see.
This is all so surreal to me, such a one sided view of things babbled by the MSM leads me to believe they even have control of the GOP now.
I remember something B.J. Clinton once said, the only thing I believe he said that was true, was “I don’t run America, the media runs America”. And looking at this GOP race so far sure makes me believe it.
Fred will be getting MY vote on super Tuesday (here in Tennessee)
In terms of keeping Huckabee back in Arkansas where he belongs, I would go to the moon and back to support Fred...
Conservatives FANTASIZED about being energized by Fred Thompson - when we still had this perception of Fred the strong US Senator or Fred the cool conservative-sounding character actor.
But once Fred put himself under the bright spotlight of presidential politics, of TV scrutiny and campaigning, the GOP base quickly realized he was past his prime and likely would be unable to motivate 51% of American voters.
It's not that I, or most conservatives, don't want Fred to succeed.
I just don't think he CAN succeed.
Probably Romney or McCain.
Get real...Fred has had it...I expect his withdrawl this week...time to figure out a way to stop McCain
Get real...Fred has had it...I expect his withdrawl this week...time to figure out a way to stop McCain
Huckabee gets votes, but does not get the money because his support is an inch deep and a mile wide. Between that and his mouth, Huck will ultimately fade, and indeed SC maybe his high mark.
McCain is ticking, the better he does the more stress he is under. The are already stories leaking out in GOP circles that his people are having a time keeping him focused.
Clear the deck of McCain and Huck and we get back to the original race between Fred and Romney with the Rudy side show.
This race is not just SC but a series of 50 little elections and we are not even close to half way. Fred has strong support in states like Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Tennessee. Fred’s internal support is still good among some of the deepest money men in GOP circles.
If Fred leaves the race it is his decision, but it wont be due to lack of support.
As much as I and many others are Fred-Heads, I think the best that may happen it the following.
Fred gives a speech in prime time that finally clicks with all the Rino's and Huckster supporters.
This speech will rank right up their with "The Speech" that Reagan gave.
It will be then that the for-mentioned and the RNC will realize it is to late.
We will end up wilh a cross between Hillary and Carterm, "Hilarter" for 4 to 8 years.
At that point Fred may be to old to carry the mantel, the question then is who will emerge if we survive?
Its not going to work that way. I gave Thompson until South Carolina (his own self-imposed deadline) to get over the hump. Staying in all the way to the convention just helps McCain win in states like South Carolina, a state where he has no business winning. The combined votes of Huck, Thompson and Romney gave him the win. He needs to get out now. Huckabees evangelical voters will be tapped out soon. Its over. Romney or McCain. I definately would rather have Romney now.